Nav aids

RACON at cape wessel light 11-00.3S 136-45.6E discontinued

Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 1871/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-02-01 15:27Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AUSCOAST 177/16 230326Z JUN 16.. Issued 2016-06-23 07:04Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -11.005, 136.760. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-06-23 07:04Z
status
Archived notice
authority
AUSCOAST 177/16 230326Z JUN 16.
issued by
AUSCOAST
sea
Arafura Sea
position
-11.005, 136.760
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARAFURA SEA.
GULF OF CARPENTARIA.
AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST.
DNC 05.
CHART 74383.
RACON AT CAPE WESSEL LIGHT 11-00.3S 136-45.6E DISCONTINUED.

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Position (degrees and minutes)
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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

27 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:33Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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